preservation
UK/ˌpɹɛz.əˈveɪ.ʃən//ˌpɹɛz.ɚˈveɪ.ʃən/
preservation noun: the act of preserving; care to preserve; act of keeping from destruction, decay or any ill.
Noun
preservation (countable and uncountable, plural preservations)
- The act of preserving; care to preserve; act of keeping from destruction, decay or any ill.
- Every seneseless thing by nature's light
Doth preservation seek, destruction shunc. 1600, Sir John Davies, The Original, Nature, and Immortality of the Soul - The eyes of the Lord are upon them that love him, his is ther mighty protection, a preservation from stumbling, and a help from falling.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Ecclesiasticus 34:16
- Every seneseless thing by nature's light
- The state of being preserved, how something has survived.
- The canoe is of pure black oak, and is in excellent preservation.1886 January, The Antiquary: A Magazine Devoted to the Study of the Past, volume XIII, number 73, page 135
- Tons of engine sheds would bite the dust with the end of steam, and many would be demolished with their time in the spotlight over. We're lucky that the one at Didcot survived into preservation.2021 December 29, Stephen Roberts, “Stories and facts behind railway plaques: Didcot (1932)”, in RAIL, number 947, page 61
preservation meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
preservation in Hindi
- preservation
- सुपास supās
- preservation, protection, defense
- अभिरक्षण abhirakṣaṇ
preservation in Tamil
- பதனம், புரத்தல், பாதுகாத்தல், பேணிக்காத்தல், பாதுகாப்பு, காத்தல்
preservation in Marathi
- preservation
- रक्षण rakṣaṇ
preservation in Urdu
- preservation
- سپاس supās
- preservation, protection, guardianship; custody, care
- محافظت muhāfazat
More languagesFewer languages
- preservation in Bengali
- সংরক্ষণ, রক্ষা, পরিরক্ষণ
- preservation in Telugu
- పరిరక్షణ parirakṣaṇa
- preservation in Malayalam
- പരിപാലനം, ഭദ്രത, സൂക്ഷിച്ച്, സംരക്ഷണം
- preservation in Kannada
- ಸಂರಕ್ಷಣೆ saṃrakṣaṇe
- preservation in Punjabi
- ਸੁਰੱਖਿਆ surakkhiā
- preservation in Gujarati
- સાચવણી
- preservation in Odia
- ସଂରକ୍ଷଣ
- preservation in Sanskrit
- थ tha
- preservation in Tagalog
- saimbak
- preservation in Arabic
- مُحَافَظَة muḥāfaẓa
- preservation in Persian
- محافظت mohâfazat
Examples of preservation in a sentence
- Further, the Society pleads for the preservation of Sutton's Charity.1886 January, The Antiquary: A Magazine Devoted to the Study of the Past, volume XIII, number 73, page 85:
- Preservation of two railway routes between Belfast and Derry could no longer be justified and one of them must go.1956 May, “Transport in Ulster”, in Railway Magazine, page 280:
- These fortifications are in good preservation, and rank among the most perfect examples of the strongholds of the 13th century."2022 January 12, Dr. Joseph Brennan, “Castles: ruined and redeemed by rail”, in RAIL, number 948, page 54:
Forms of preservation
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Origin of preservation
From Old French preservacion, from Medieval Latin preservatio. Morphologically preserve + -ation.
Words formed from preservation
Phrases with preservation
Words that rhyme with preservation
- station
- collation
- accommodation
- presentation
- derivation
- information
- modulation
- translation
- application
- fixation
- generation
- orientation
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- citation
- combination
- communication
- conjugation
- constellation
- determination
- elevation
- operation
- relation
- reservation
- alternation
- condensation
- conversation
- deviation
- excavation
- foliation
- formation
- foundation
- incarnation
- interpretation
- representation
- retardation
- speculation
- termination
- abbreviation
- adaptation
- articulation
- bifurcation
- concentration
- congregation
- declination
- degradation
- expectation
- extenuation
- gradation
- observation
- population
- preparation
- reconciliation
- rotation
- separation
- situation
- vexation
- vindication
- accumulation
- administration
- aggregation
- appropriation
Questions about preservation
- What does preservation mean?
- Preservation means the act of preserving; care to preserve; act of keeping from destruction, decay or any ill.
- What is preservation in Hindi?
- Preservation in Hindi is सुपास (supās), अभिरक्षण (abhirakṣaṇ). See Preservation meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use preservation in a sentence?
- Further, the Society pleads for the preservation of Sutton's Charity.
- What part of speech is preservation?
- Preservation is a noun.
- How do you pronounce preservation?
- Preservation is pronounced /ˌpɹɛz.əˈveɪ.ʃən/ (UK).
- What is the plural of preservation?
- The plural of preservation is preservations.
Words near preservation in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: preservation (page history and authors); अभिरक्षण (Hindi) (page history and authors); preservation (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); रक्षण (Marathi) (page history and authors); سپاس (Urdu) (page history and authors); preservation (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); preservation (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਸੁਰੱਖਿਆ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); preservation (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); preservation (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); थ (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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